Week in Apple: iPad 2 finally makes its debut, iOS 4.3 coming soon

Apple finally introduced the iPad 2 during its media event in San Francisco …

Apple finally introduced the iPad 2 during its media event in San Francisco this week and gave us a preview of what's to come in iOS 4.3. Those were certainly the major headliners, but we also covered a teardown of the new MacBook Pro, discussed some new AT&T offerings, and more. Read on for the top stories of this busy week:

Apple's Lala purchase appears to have been "insurance": Apple has reportedly "clarified" its plans for the cloud to music industry execs, emphasizing that it doesn't want to undermine its dominance in the download market by rolling out yet another streaming service. Instead, the company supposedly wants to offer digital locker services for existing iTunes purchases.

AT&T confirms iPhone hotspot feature support and pricing: AT&T has confirmed that it will support the iPhone hotspot feature when the device gets iOS 4.3. The pricing will be slightly cheaper than what Verizon offers for the same feature, and the data plan will be slightly different as well.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Jacqui Cheng
Jacqui is an Editor at Large at Ars Technica, where she has spent the last eight years writing about Apple culture, gadgets, social networking, privacy, and more. Emailjacqui@arstechnica.com//Twitter@eJacqui